The District School as it was: Scenery-showing, and Other WritingsPress of T. R. Marvin, 1852 - 364 pagina's |
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Pagina 28
... face that had a sort of half- way look , or rather , perhaps , a compound look , made up of an expression of perplexity at a sentence in parsing , or a sum in arithmetic , and a frown at the playful urchins in the distant seats . There ...
... face that had a sort of half- way look , or rather , perhaps , a compound look , made up of an expression of perplexity at a sentence in parsing , or a sum in arithmetic , and a frown at the playful urchins in the distant seats . There ...
Pagina 30
... - shovel , and as solemn of face as a cloudy fast - day . A trifling incident happened which increased my dread , and darkened my remembrance of him by He another shade . I had slily crept to the table 30 THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.
... - shovel , and as solemn of face as a cloudy fast - day . A trifling incident happened which increased my dread , and darkened my remembrance of him by He another shade . I had slily crept to the table 30 THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.
Pagina 32
... I must not omit in this chronicle of my childhood . It arose from the circumstance of meeting so many faces which I had never seen before , or at least had never seen crowded together in one body . All the 32 THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.
... I must not omit in this chronicle of my childhood . It arose from the circumstance of meeting so many faces which I had never seen before , or at least had never seen crowded together in one body . All the 32 THE DISTRICT SCHOOL.
Pagina 34
... face . But the pleasures and the pains of this season at school did not continue long . After a few weeks , the storms and drifts of midwinter kept me mostly at home . Henry Allen was in the same predica- ment . As for Susan Clark , she ...
... face . But the pleasures and the pains of this season at school did not continue long . After a few weeks , the storms and drifts of midwinter kept me mostly at home . Henry Allen was in the same predica- ment . As for Susan Clark , she ...
Pagina 38
... face and voice , and a winning gentleness of manner . This was natural ; for Mary was the only mistress I had ever been to , and in fact the only one I had ever seen , who made any impression on my mind in her school - keeping capacity ...
... face and voice , and a winning gentleness of manner . This was natural ; for Mary was the only mistress I had ever been to , and in fact the only one I had ever seen , who made any impression on my mind in her school - keeping capacity ...
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abecedarian Abijah beauty behold blue breath called CHAPTER character chirographical clouds color course dark daugh delightful district school Divine door earth emulation England exercise face fancy Father feel gaze girls glory grandeur half hand head heart heaven hills honor hues least length lesson light lighthouse living look Mark Martin Mary Smith master Mehitabel Memorus memory ment metic mighty mind mistress morning Mount Washington mountains nature never observe Old School-house orthography Panharmonicon parents pedagogue perfect perhaps picture pleasure present pupils rattan readers round scene scenery scholars schoolmaster seat seemed side snow soul speak specta spectacle spell spelling-book spirit stand sublime summer Susan Clark sweet tardy taste taught teacher thee things thou thought tion trees verdure voice WARREN BURTON word word-paintings Wordwell young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 239 - Beauty — a living Presence of the earth, Surpassing the most fair ideal Forms Which craft of delicate Spirits hath composed From earth's materials — waits upon my steps ; Pitches her tents before me as I move, An hourly neighbour.
Pagina 243 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Pagina 223 - Heaven In every breast hath sown these early seeds Of love and admiration, yet in vain, Without fair Culture's kind parental aid...
Pagina 272 - Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake.
Pagina 232 - And living as if earth contained no tomb, — And glowing into day: we may resume The march of our existence...
Pagina 282 - THOU who wouldst see the lovely and the wild Mingled in harmony on Nature's face/ Ascend our rocky mountains. Let thy foot Fail not with weariness, for on their tops The beauty and the majesty of earth Spread wide beneath, shall make thee to forget The steep and toilsome way.
Pagina 137 - I take my pen in hand to inform you that I am in a state of grate bliss, and trust these lines will find you injoyin the same blessins.
Pagina 289 - Unfathomed and resistless. God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead : and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And he doth give Thy voice of thunder, power to speak of him Eternally — bidding the lip of man Keep silence — and upon thy rocky altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.
Pagina 239 - Paradise, and groves Elysian, Fortunate Fields — like those of old Sought in the Atlantic Main — why should they be A history only of departed things, Or a mere fiction of what never was ? For the discerning intellect of Man, When wedded to this goodly universe In love and holy passion, shall find these A simple produce of the common day.
Pagina 277 - I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me ; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture : I can see Nothing to loathe in nature, save to be A link reluctant in a fleshly chain...